← All 785 jobsFile 45-4023
Log Graders and Scalers
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 2.2% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- Joint #618 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -2.2% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $46,330 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 4,400 in the US, with about 600 openings a year
The work, 8 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Evaluate production inputs or outputs34%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment17%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,656 conversations, and it got them there 84% of the time.
Still yours: Mark materials or objects for identification16%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Maintain operational records15%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities5%
AI performed this in about 1 in 354 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Operate transportation equipment or vehicles5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Cut trees or other vegetation3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 98 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 600 openings a year as people retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 30% of the workFood Science Technicians0% AI does, against 5% here+4.8% by 2035 · $52,130 · Associate’s degree
- Shares 29% of the workButchers and Meat Cutters0% AI does, against 5% here+2.4% by 2035 · $40,140 · No formal credential
- Shares 28% of the workPlant and System Operators0% AI does, against 5% here+2.3% by 2035 · $62,470 · High school diploma
The wire
On the wire.
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How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.06, higher than 16% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 45-4023 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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